Union County News

Kristi Cornwell's 39th birthday will be marked with a candlelight vigil Sunday in her hometown as authorities continue to track down new leads in the Blairsville woman's disappearance more than four months ago.

Authorities are investigating a possible link between an attack on a woman in Morgan County and similar incidents in Union County and Ranger, N.C. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said Thursday that a woman called the agency this week after seeing the sketch of a man suspected in an attempted abduction in North Carolina.

Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have released a sketch of a man who might have some connection to the disappearance of Kristi Cornwell of Blairsville.

Almost three months have passed since Kristi Cornwell went out for an evening walkA and seemingly walked off the face of the Earth.

The search for Kristi Cornwell continues. It has been nearly 11 weeks since Cornwell, 38, was abducted while walking along a rural Union County road near her parents' home.

One of Union County's musical institutions over the years has been the Nix Brothers and the Country Cousins band.

There could be a new lead in the case of a missing Blairsville woman. The GBI confirms it's looking into the case of a woman who was almost abducted about a week before Kristi Cornwell's disappearance.

The family of a missing Blairsville mom is trying to raise money to continue the search now that police help and media attention have decreased.

The last person to speak to a missing Union County woman still thinks she's alive.

The family of missing Blairsville woman, Kristi Cornwell, announced a $50,000 reward over the weekend.

Family members of a Union County woman who authorities believe was abducted last week appeared on two national television shows Monday morning.

Kristi Cornwell spent years securing violent felons in prison and never got hurt.

Rescue teams fanned out in Union County for a sixth straight day as they continued the search for missing Blairsville woman Kristi Cornwell.

Kristi Cornwell's baby brother walked up and down the rural road from where his sister was taken, calling her name in the dark, even as law enforcement began the official search for the missing Blairsville woman, Richard Cornwell said Saturday.

Friday evening, the GBI said they found Kristi Cornwell's cell phone a few miles away from where the Union County woman went missing this week near Blairsville.

A Blairsville man who authorities say fatally shot his ex-girlfriend was ready to admit to the murder in court just two days later, but a Georgia law prevented the swift guilty plea.

It's a road rarely traveled, but Kristi Cornwell knew it well. Cornwell's family lives on Jones Creek Road in Blairsville, and she didn't think twice about walking the four-mile loop alone at night.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called to help Union County authorities with the case of a missing Blairsville woman.

Friends continue to remember Meredith Hope Emerson, and an upcoming memorial is scheduled in one of her favorite places.

It was a very rough monday for Jenn Hobby. The Q100 radio personality hit a dog with her car on the way back from vacation.